Method and means for applying labellike elements to articles of manufacture



Dec. 9, 11. F. AUTEM 2,265,769

METHOD AND MEANS FOR APPLYING LABELLIKE ELEMENTS TO ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE Filed Oct. 22, 1938 13 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVEN TOR. Fred Ami em 7 s; v Zp Z ATTORNE Dec. 9, 1941. AUTEM 2,265,769

METHOD AND MEANS FOR APPLYING LABELLIKE ELEMENTS T0 ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE Filed Oct. 22, 1938' 15 Sheets-Sheet 2 FEE--5- Fl INVENTOR.

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BY ag ATTORNE I III! Wm ec. 1941. F. AUTEM ,7 METHOD AND MEANS FOR APPLYING LABELLIKE ELEMENTS TO ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE Filed OC'b. 22, 1938 15 Sheets-Sheet 4 I IV V EN TOR: 1 Fred All/1 am,

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METHOD AND MEANS FOR APPLYING LABELLIKE ELEMENTS TO ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE Filed Oct. 22, 1958 15 Sheets-Sheet 6 IN V EN TORI Fred Am em;

1 7 55 BY ATTORNE Dec. 9, 1941. F. AUTEM 2,265,769

. METHOD AND MEANS FOR APPLYING LABEL-LIKE ELEMENTS TO ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE Filed Oct. 22, 1938 13 Sheets-Sheet 7 Fla-1Q- .522

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METHOD AND MEANS FOR APPLYING LABELLIKE ELEMENTS TO ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE Filed on. 22, 1958 15 Sheets-Sheet s IN V EN TORI f'red/ flu/fem,

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METHOD AND MEANS FOR APPLYING LABELLIKE ELEMENTS TO ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE Filed Oct. 22, 1938 13 Sheets-Sheet 9 FLE EE- INVENTORI Fred All fem BY 0 ATTORN es. 9, 1941. F. AUTEM 2,265,769 METHOD AND MEANS FOR APPLYING LABELLIKE ELEMENTS TO ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE Filed Oct. 22, 1938 13 Sheets-Sheet l0 EE Fl 5-..EE-

INVENTOR.

. Fred lwiem, M BY 1 ATTORN 9, 1941. F. AUTEM 2,265,769

METHOD AND MEANS FOR APPLYING LABELLIKE ELEMENTS TO ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE Filed Oct. 22, 1938 15 SheetsSheet 11' -s--EE- .1. 1 -55..

IN V EN TORI Fred Aufiem,

Dec. *9, 1941. F. AUTEM 2,265,769

METHOD AND MEANS FOR APPLYING LABELLIKE ELEMENTS '1'0 ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE Filed Oct. 22, 1938 15 Sheets-Sheet 13 F1 5--Q5- Fl G-EEE- 6 551 INVENTOR: 51 Fred Juiem;

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ATTORN Patented-Dec. 9, 1941 METHOD AND MEANS FOR APPLYING LABELLIKE ELEMENTS OF MANUFACTURE Fred Autem, Reading, Pa., assignor to Textile 2,265,769 FICE T ARTICLES Machine Works, Wyomissing, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application October 22, 1938, Serial No. 236,386

33 Claims.

The present invention relates to means for and method of applying indicia to articles of manufacture and more particularly to a method of applying labels to articles of manufacture and to a machine therefor.

Machines and methods have been proposed for applying labels, stamps and the like having water soluble adhesive thereon to other objects, but difliculty has been encountered in applying labels to articles such as garments which are washed from time to time, because the washing would cause the labels to become ungummed. Furthermore, an adhesive causing the labels to adhere to one another when in a stack or pile makes it impossible to use the desirable method of feeding the labels from a stack. It is therefore almost universally the practise in the cloth trades to use cloth labels and to sew them on garments and other cloth articles.

It is an object of this invention to provide a novel method of and means for applying sticker elements to articles of manufacture.

Another object of nrv invention is to provide a means for attaching indicia bearing labels to cloth,by water insoluble adhesive permitting the labels to be stacked.

While it is known to remove labels, sheets and the like from a pile or stack one by one for application to articles to be labelled, the mechanisms heretofore known have not been satisfactory for certain purposes and especially under circumstances requiring pressure to be maintained on a given area continuously for a material period, as is required when attaching a label to an article by an adhesive of the heat softened type.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an improved means for removing labels or the like from a magazine and more particularly one which is adapted to cooperate with a presser head regardless of the time pressure is applied by the head during a cycle of operation.

It is still another object of the invention to provide a labelling machine adapted to apply heat and pressure to machine fed labels.

is still another object of the invention to provide a stamping or pressing mechanism the time period of which may be varied 19.8 desired within considerable limits.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an improved means for moving a stack of labels in a magazine.

With these and other objects in view, which will become apparent from the following detailed description of the illustrative embodiment of the invention shown in the accompam'ing drawings, my invention resides in the novel elements, features of construction and arrangement of parts in cooperative relationship as hereinafter more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a label applying device constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view taken fromv the left of Fig. 1, of the portion of the device shown abov the table top;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a portion of the table top;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of a portion of the device shown in Fig. 1 and enlarged relative thereto;

Fig. 6 is'a top plan view of a portion of the device shown beneath the table top in Fig. 1, certain parts being shown in section;

Fig. 7 is a side elevational view of the label applying device as viewed from the right of Fig. 1;

Fig. 8 is a front elevational view of the upper part of the device as viewed from the left of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 7, certain parts being broken awayand other parts being in different operative positions;

Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail view of the cam mechanism shown at the lower part of Fig. 9, but sectioned on a difierent plane from Fig. 9 and the parts being in different operative positions;

Fig. 11 is a cross sectional view of certain of the control mechanism of the label applying device taken substantially along the line III-ll of Fig. 3;

Fig. 12 is a, sectional view taken substantially along the line l2-l2 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 13 is a sectional view taken along the line Iii-I3 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 14 is a sectional view taken along the line I l-I4 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 15 is a sectional view taken along the line l5l5 of Fig. 14;

Fig. 16 is a sectional view taken along the line lB-IS of Fig. 14;

Fig. 1'7 is a sectional view taken along the line |1l1 of Fig. 5, slightly reduced in scale relative thereto;

Fig. 18 is an enlarged detail view of the air valve and control mechanism therefor, shown in Fig. 7;

Fig. 19 is a view similar to Fig. 18, the parts being in different operative positions;

Fig. 20 is a sectional view of the label transfer arm taken along the line 20-20 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 21 is a sectional view taken along the line 2l2| of Fig. 20;

Fig. 22 is a. sectional view taken along the line 22-42 of Fig. 20;

AUG 10 I943 Fig. 23 is a sectional view taken along the line 2323 of Fig. 20;

Fig. 24 isa cross sectional view of the air valve taken along the line 24-24 of Fig. 19, enlarged relative thereto;

Fig. 25 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 25-25 of Fig. 24;

Fig. 26 is a view, on an enlarged scale, taken substantially along the line 26-28 of Fig. 19;

Fig. 2'1 is a view similar to a portion of Fig. 26, the elements shown in different operative positions;

Fig. 28 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 2l--28 of Fig. 18;

Fig. 29 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 2928 of Fig. 28;

Fig. 30 is a cross sectional view taken substantially along the line 303ll of Fig. 29

Fig. 31 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 3I3| of Fig. 19;

Fig. 32 is a detail view of the lever for operating the label applying magazine taken along the line 32-42 of Fig. 45;

Fig. 33 is a sectional view taken along the line 33-33 of Fig. 45;

Fig. 34 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 34-34 of Fig.

Fig. 35 is a detail view of a pawl and ratchet arrangement on the control mechanism of the label applying device;

Fig. 36 is a detail view of one of the control cams and associated mechanism operated by the pawl and ratchet arrangement of Fig. 35;

Figs. 37 and 38 are views similar to Figs. 35 and 36, respectively, of another of the control cams and the operating ratchet therefor;

Figs. 39 and 40 are views similar to Figs. 35 and 36, respectively, showing a further control cam and operating ratchet therefor;

Figs. 41 and 42 are views similar to Figs. 35 and 36, respectively, of a still further form of control cam and operating ratchet therefor;

Fig. 43 is a detail view of the label magazine shown in Fig. 7, enlarged relative thereto, with certain parts broken away;

Fig. 44 is a top plan view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 43;

Fig. 45 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 4545 of Fig. 19;

Fig. 46 is a view taken substantially along the line 46-46 of Fig. 43;

Fig. 47 is a sectional view taken along the line 41-41 of Fig. 46;

Fig. 48 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 4848 of Fig. 43;

Fig. 49 is a sectional view taken along the line 4949 of Fig. 43;

Fig. 50 is a sectional view taken along the line 50-59 of Fig. 44;

Fig. 51 is a view taken substantially along the line 5i-5l of Fig. 50; and

Fig. 52 is a diagram of the electrical circuits and parts associated with the device.

A sticker element, etc., applying apparatus in accordance with my invention comprises a movable head, which may or may not be heated, having a stamping or pressure shoe or platen thereon, a platen area, which may or may not be heated, against which the shoe or other platen presses during a given part of the cycle of the machine, and a transfer head arranged to withdraw-a label or like sheet-like object from a magazine containing a stack or pile of labels and transfer it to the platen area. Preferably, the transfer head it does or not, it is preferably adapted to pass into the magazine to some extent to contact a label to be withdrawn therefrom. Further, the magazine is preferably furnished with a novel form of feeding mechanism adapted to cooperate with the transfer head to facilitate removing labels from the magazine. In the arrangement shown, the label feeding transfer mechanism is maintained in timed relation to the movements of the movable head.

Referring to the drawings and more particularly to Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 7, a table top 10, supported by legs II, has secured thereto a stationary arm 12 by means of a bracket l5 having arms l8 and IS. A pin 16 carried by the arms 18 and 19 of the bracket pivotally supports a movable arm I1, one end of which carries an upper head 20 having a platen for cooperation with a platen of a lower head 21 carried in the table top III, the platens of the upper and lower heads being heated to a predetermined temperature to vulcanize a label or other gummed element 23 to cloth articles such as underwear, sweaters, tablecloths and the like.

The head 20, Fig. 14, comprises a tube-like element 22 slidably mounted in an externally threaded bushing 25 adjustably carried by a lateral extension 26 of the arm I1. The tube 22 carries at the lower end thereof a housing 21 which carries a cup-like element 30 of heat resisting material, such as asbestos, in which is disposed a cylindrical member 3| having mounted therein a resistor heater 32. The housing 21 is split longitudinally at one side and is provided with a clamp and screw arrangement 35 (Fig. 16) by means of which the housing is secured to the tube 22, and the resistor heater carrying member 3| is secured to the housing.

The member 3| has detachably secured thereto, a platen or stamp member 35 as by spring pressed ball detents 31. Secured to the element 31 is a heat responsive device or bimetallic element 40 for cooperation with a switch 4|, and a member 42 for cooperation with a thermometer 43 carried by an extension 45 of the housing 21. The switch 4| comprises a movable contact member 48 and a stationary contact member 41, shown diagrammatically in Fig. 52, both of which are carried by a member 48, Fig. 14, that is pivotally mounted on a pin 50 in turn carried by an extension SI of the housing 21, Fig. 16. An adjusting screw 52, carried in the extension 5i limits the counterclockwise movement of the member 44, in which direction the member is biased by a spring 53. A button 55 of the member 48, Figs. 14 and 52, cooperates with the bimetallic element 40 to open the switch 41 when the platen 38 reaches a certain temperature as determined by the position of the screw 52. The thermometer 43 is of the bimetallic element type and is operated by the member 42 to indicate the degree of heat in the platen 35 and its reading is useful in adjusting the switch 4 I.

A second lateral extension 55 of the arm I1 is provided with a bore in which is slidably mounted a cylindrical member 51, the lower end of which is turned inwardly to provide a seat for a spring 58 disposed within the member 51 and around the tube 22, said lower end of member 51 abutting operates on the suction principle, but whether the upper surface of the housing 21. A washer 50 also disposed within the member 51 and around the tube 22 abuts the lower end of the threaded bushing 25 so as to act as an upper seat for the spring 58. The housing 21 is provided with a guide arm 6| which is slidably mounted between one wall of an apertured portion 82 of the arm I1 and a pin 83 mounted on the portion 82 within the aperture, the lower wall of the portion 82 providing a stop, against which the guide arm 8I is biased by the spring 58, to limit the downward movement of the head 28 relative to the arm I1 when the head 28 is in its raised or inoperative position. In order to adjust the pressure of the shoe 38 upon the label, and the article to which it is being applied, when the two platens come closest, the threaded bushing 25 is turned to move it upwardly or downwardly relative to the arm I1, to thereby increase or decrease the compression of spring 58 against washer 88. The cylindrical member 51 is provided with a graduated scale, Fig. 8, whereby to facilitate adjustment of the spring 58 by indicating the pressure applied to the label 23 by the platen or shoe 35.

In order to move the upper head 28 into cooperative relation with the lower head 2|, the arm I1 is actuated by a cam 65, Fig. 7, carried by a cam shaft 85 rotatably supported in the arms I8 and I9, the cam 85 coacting with a cam follower 61 (Fig. 9) rotatably mounted on a pin 18, in turn carried in the lower end of the lever I1. The cam follower 81 is biased toward engagement with the cam 85 by a spring 68 connected between the arm I1 and the arm I9 of the bracket I5. .A drive wheel 1I, secured to the cam shaft 88, is connected to and-driven by a motor 18 through means of linkage comprising a pulley 12 (Fig. 6) carried by a shaft 15, and a belt 11. The-motor 18 is carried by a bracket 88 which is pivotally supported on a shaft 8I (Fig. 7) in turn supported in the arms I8 and I9 of the bracket I5. By means of the above linkage, the cam shaft 65 is driven .by the motor 18 to rotate the cam 85 to move the arm I1 counterclockwise from its position shown in Fig. 7 to the position indicated in Fig. 9, in which latter position the shoe 38 on upper head 28 has been moved into cooperative engagement with the platen of the lower head 2I. Inasmuch as the arm I1 continues to move downwardly after the shoe 35 has engaged the label 23, the threaded bushing 25 is caused to press downwardly upon the washer 88 to further compress the spring 58, thereby applying the predetermined pressure to the label; meanwhile the guide arm 8| is moved upwardly away from the lower wall of the apertured portion 82 of the arm I1. From the foregoing it will be understood that since the travel of the arm I1 is always constant regardless of the setting of the spindle or bushing 25, that the degree of pressure applied by the shoe 36 is controlled directly by the setting of the threaded spindle 25. Thus, when the spindle is so positioned that the spring 58 is not compressed when the head 28 is in its inoperative position, the pressure exerted by the shoe 38 upon the label and fabric will be negligible; whereas if the threaded spindle 25 is lowered in the arm I1 so as to compress the spring 58, then the pressure applied by the shoe on the label and fabric when the shoe is lowered into engagement therewith will be correspondingly increased.

The lower die head 2I (Fig. 14) comprises a housing 82 which carries a cup-like element 83 of asbestos or other heat resisting material in which is disposed a cylindrical member 85 and a resistor heater 86 mounted within the cylindrical member. The cylindrical member 85 has detachably mounted thereon a shoe or platen 81,

' asv byspring pressed ball detents 88.. Secured to'the member 85 is a bimetallic element 8| for cooperation with a switch 82 and a member 95 for cooperation with a thermometer 88 carried by an extension 81 of the housing 82. The switch 92 comprises movable and stationary contact members I88 and I8I, respectively, shown diagrammatically in Fig. 52, carried by a switch member I82, Fig. 14, that is pivotally mounted on a pin I85 supported in an arm I88 of the housing 82, Fig. 15. An adjusting screw I81 carried in the arm I88, limits the counterclockwise movement of the switch member I82, in which direction the member I82 is biased bya spring I88. A button II8 on the member I82, Figs. 14 and 52, cooperates with the bimetallic element III to open the switch 92 when the platen 81 reaches a predetermined degree of temperature as controlled by the adjusting screw I81." The thermometer 88 is of the same type as the thermometer l3, heretofore described in connection with the upper die head 28, and is operated by the member to indicate the extent of heat in the die shoe 81 and for adjusting the switch 92.

A supporting tube III, abutting the lower end of the housing 82, is adjustably carried in a threaded nut II2 supported on a cross arm portion II3 connecting-the arms I8 and I9 of the bracket I5. With this arrangement the lower head 2I may be raised or lowered to maintain the platen 81 level with a plate member II5, which is in turn maintained on a level with the table top I8 by spacer elements II5 also supported on the cross arm portion II3 of the bracket I5, the member "5 and the spacer elements II6 being secured to the bracket I5 by means of nut and bolt devices H1 and I28. The head 2I is further supported by a tube I2I, which extends through and is secured to the cross arm portion II3 by a split clamp and screw device II9 (Fig. 6), the tube I2I extending through supporting tube II I and into the end of the housing 82 where it is held, together with the asbestos element 83 and the cylindrical member 85 in the housing by a split clamp and screw device I'22 (Fig. 15) of the housing. The plate member H5 is provided with an insert I23 composed of asbestos or other insulating material to insulate the table against the heat of the platen 81; said plate member is also provided with locating pins I24, Figs. 2, 3 and 4, which are adjustably mounted in slots I 28, and by means of which the garment may readily be located relative to the platens 38 and 81.

The upper head 28 may be maintained in cooperative relation with the lower head 2I for a predetermined period of time, corresponding to a predetermined number of revolutions of the cam shaft 58, to vulcanize the label to the article; said number of revolutions being determined by a manually set pattern or control device I25, Figs. 6, 9, 10, 13 and 35 to 42 inclusive.

The pattern or control device I25 comprises a rod I28, mounted for rotative and axial movement in the arms I8 and I3 of the bracket I5, to which is secured a sleeve I21 having a series of ratchet portions I38 to I33, inclusive, the rod I26 also carrying a series of cam members I35 to I38, inclusive, located to correspond with the respective spacing of the ratchets, ratchet I38 cooperating with cam I35 in that it is active at the same time, ratchet I3I with cam I36, etc. Cooperating with the ratchets, one at a time, the one in use depending on the axial position of rod I26. is a pawl finger I46 (Fig. 6) secured to and rotatable with the cam shaft 66, the pawl being adapted to engage a tooth of ratchet I36, I3I, I32 or I33 aligned therewith upon each revolution of the cam shaft 66 to thereby rotate the rod I26.

A lever I4I (Figs. 6 and 36), pivotally mounted on the cam shaft 66, between the cam 65 and the pawl or kicker arm I46, carries a stud I42 on which is pivotally mounted a pair of levers I45 and I46 for engagement with any one, such as the cam I35, of a series of cams I35, I36, I31 and I36 on rod I 26, the lever I46 being biased toward the cam members I35, I36, I31 and I36 and against a pin I41 (Figs. 38, 46 and 42) carried by the lever I, by a spring I56 connected between lever I46 and pin I49 to provide a yieldable connection between the levers HI and I46. By maintalning the lever I46 against the pin I41, the lever I46 provides a cam follower portion for the lever I. The lever I45 is biased into engagement with the cam I35, or other cam of the series, by a spring II, the lever having a cutout portion I52, Fig. 36, to prevent engagement of the lever with the pin I41, thereby providing a'detent means for engagement with the cams for preventing accidental displacement of the cam members and the rod I26; except for the cutout portion I52, the contours of the levers I45 and I46 are substantially identical. Each of cams I35, I36, I31 and I36 is wide enough axially of rod I26 to span the distance between levers I 45 and I46 (Fig. 13), so that both levers may cooperate with a single given cam. The lever I4I has an extension I55 having a shouldered portion I56 arranged for latching engagement with one end of the shaft 16. the lever I 4| being normally biased away from latching engagement with the shaft 16 by a spring I51, one end of which is connected to a pin I49 on the lever and the other end of which is connected to a pin I66 on the cross arm portion II3, the pin I49 also providing anchorage means for the springs I 56 and I5I. The pull of spring I51 is insufficient to overcome the combined pull of springs I56 and HI, consequently the free ends of the levers I45 and I46 are maintained in engagement with the operative cam, without however disturbing the normal position of said levers relative to the supporting lever I4I Each of the cams I35 to I38 are provided with high and low cam surfaces I43 and I44, respectively (Figs. 36, 38, 40 and 42), or alternate high and low cam surfaces for cooperation with the cam follower levers I45 and I 46, respectively, the periphery of the cams being provided with a predetermined number of notches corresponding to the number of teeth in the associated ratchet I36, I3I, I32 or I33, respectively, the notches in the high surface or surfaces I43 of the cams cooperating with the levers I45 and I46 to determine the number of revolutions of the cam shaft 66 that the arm I1 will remain in the lowered position of Fig. 9, this position being maintained by the latching engagement of the shouldered portion I56, of the lever extension I55, with the shoulder I56 ataone end of the shaft 16 of the arm I1. The low surface or surfaces I44 of the cams cooperate with the levers I45 and I46 to disengage the shouldered portion I56 from the shaft 16, whereupon the arm I1 is moved to its raised or inoperative position.

For example, the cam member I35 (Fig. 36) is provided with a high portion I43, having four notches, and a low portion I44 having one notch.

When the device is placed into operation, the cam shaft 66 is rotated by the motor 16 to bring the pawl I46 into engagement with one of the teeth of the ratchet I36 which action rotates the associated cam member I35 from the position in which the levers I and I46 are in engagement with the low surface I44, Fig. 10, to the position in which the levers I45 and I46 are in engagement with one of the notches in the high surface I43, Fig. 36. It will be seen in Fig. 36 that with this action the extension I of the lever I has been thrown toward the shaft 16 against the pull of spring I51 by the cam I35, the end of the lever I46 being biased against the pin I41 by the spring I56 so that levers I46 and I act normally as a unit. As the cam shaft continues to rotate, the arm I1 will be moved in a counterclockwise direction by the cam 65, from the position of Fig. 'I to the position of Fig. 9, at which time the shouldered portion I56 of the lever I4I will engage the shaft 16 to hold the arm in the position of Fig. 9. Thus the arm will be maintained in this lowered position for four revolutions of the cam shaft since one revolution of the cam shaft is effected for each notch in the high surface I43 of the cam I35. While levers I45 and I46 are on cam I35, pawl I46 is in the same plane with and acts on ratchet I36 so as to turn rod I26 the distance between two successive teeth at each rotation of shaft 66. Each ratchet I36, I3I, etc., has as many teeth as there are notches in the corresponding cam member I35, I36, etc. As the cam I35 is pawled to move levers I45 and I46 from the last notch in the high surface to the notch in the low surface I44, the pressure of the spring 58 in the upper head 20 and the spring 66, will maintain the arm I1 in latched position until the cam relieves this pressure sufliciently for the spring I51 to bias the lever I4I out of latching engagement with the' pin 16, whereupon the upper head 26 will be moved to the raised or inoperative position shown in Figs. 1, 2, 7 and 36, meanwhile the cutout portion I52 on the lever I45 permits the latter to engage the notched portion of the cam I35 and thus prevent accidental rotation thereof.

In Fig. 38, the levers I45 and I46 are shown as being arranged coplanar with the cam member I36, which is provided with two high cam surfaces I43, each having three notches, and two low surfaces I44. Fig. 37 shows the pawl I46 in the plane of the ratchet I3I having teeth equal in number to the number of notches in'the high and low surfaces I43 and I44. The ratchet I3I being in use at the same time as cam member I36, the cam I36 maintains the die head 26 in a lowered position for three revolutions of the cam shaft as determined by the three notches in each of the high surfaces of the cam member I36, and meanwhile the cut-out portion I52 on the lever I45 permits the latter to engage the notched portion of the cam I36 and thus prevent accidental rotation thereof.

In Fig. 40, the levers I45 and I46 are shown in a position in which they embrace the central plane of the cam member I31, which is provided with two high cam surfaces I43, each having two notches and two low cam surfaces I44. Fig. 39 shows the pawl I46 in the same plane and cooperating with the ratchet I32 which is in use at the same time as cam member I31. The ratchet I32 has teeth equal in number to the number of notches in the high and low cam surfaces I43 and I44 in the cam I31, this cam maintaining the head 20 in a lowered or operative position for two revolutions of the cam shaft as determined by the two notches in each high surface of the cam member I21.

In Fig. 42, the levers I40 and I40 are shown in a posiion in which they embrace the central plane of the cam member Ill, this cam member having three high cam surfaces I42. each having one notch, alternating with three low surfaces I44. Fig. 41 shows the pawl I40 in the same plane and cooperating with the ratchet I23 which is in use at the same time as cam member I20 and has six teeth, or equal in number to the number of notches in the high and low surfaces I42 and I44, respectively, in the cam I, this cam maintaining the head 20 in a lowered or operative position for only one revolution of the cam shaft as determined by the one notch in each high surface of the cam member.

The rod I20 is also provided with a further cam member I", which has the same number and arrangement of high and low surfaces I42 and I44 as the cam member I25, for cooperation with the levers I40 and I40, there being however, no corresponding ratchet associated with this cam. When the cam member I" has been placed in position to cooperate with the levers I48 and I46 upon the manipulation of a handle I" while low portions I44 of the cams I25. I20, I21 and its are in alignment with each other and with the levers I40 and I40, as there is no ratchet associated with the cam, the cam member will remain stationary upon rotation of the cam shaft 06, and the levers I40 and I40 will remain in engagement with the low surface of the cam member. With this arrangement. upon rotation of the cam shaft 00, the die head will be lowered into operative position and immediately raised to its inoperative position whereby to adjust the pressure of the upper die head and other parts of the device without effecting a vulcanizing operation.

The rod I26 is provided with grooves III for cooperation with a spring pressed ball detent I62 carried in the arm I of the bracket II. and a handle I02 by which the rod may be axially moved to cause any one of the cam members I20 to I00 to cooperate with the'levers I48 and I40 and the corresponding ratchets I20 toll! for the cam members I35 to 1-38, respectively. with the pawl I40.

Means are provided for feeding labels between the stamping shoe and platen automatically at each stroke of the upper head. The labels 22 are removed from a supply magazine I by transfer means I1I (Fig. 20) and transported to a position to be pressed and vulcanized to the article or garment, by the heads 20 and 21. The means I1I comprises a bearing portion I12 which is pivotally mounted in a bushing I15 carried in and extending from one side to the other of the stationary arm I2. A tube-like element or arm I10 having one end thereof mounted in the portion I12, carries at its other end a bracket I11, Figs. and 23. A stud I00 carried in the bracket I11 has pivotally mounted thereon a finger IOI carrying at its outer end a nozzle element or suction cup I82 having an aperture I85, Figs. 20, 21, 26 and 27, in which is disposed one end of a flexible tube element I06, as of rubber or the like, the other end of the tube being disposed in an air passage I01 in the bracket I11. A spring I00 disposed between the bracket I11 and an extension I00 of the finger "I, Figs. 22 and 26, nor

mall; biases the finger to the position shown in 1 12. 0.

Secured to an end of the bearing portion I12 of the arm I10, is a lever IOI which is biased by a spring I02 in the clockwise direction so that the arm I10 is held normally in the label delivering position of Fig. 7 alongside and resting against the stop member IN on the downwardly extending projection I02 of the arm I2. The downwardly extending projection I09 of arm I2 also carries a guard member 204 which functions to prevent accidental positioning of the operator's hands in the path of the moving head 20. A roller I pivotally mounted on stud I00 secured to the arm I1 near its outer end cooperates with the lever I8I on the downward movement of the arm I1 to swing the arm I10 from the position at which the label 20 is released from the nozzle I82 to the position in which the nozzle is in register with the supply magazine I10. The outer end of lever IOI is provided with a straight or dwell portion I94 along which the roller I05 rides, after the nozzle I02 has been moved into register with the supply magazine.

A suction pump I91, Fig. 17, secured to the stationary arm I2 by means or connector I98 in register with an air passage 200 in the arm, provides suction or vacuum action to the nozzle I02 by which the label 20 is attached thereto to be removed from the magazine I10 and carried to a position over the garment. An air valve 20I (Figs. 18 and-24) also secured to the arm I2 is provided with an air passage 202 in register with the air passage 200 and an air passage 200 through a nozzle-like portion 200 of the valve 209. A flexible hose 201 connects the portion 200 to a like portion 2I0 of the bearing portion I12 oi the arm I10.

A bushing 2II threaded in the valve 20I has slidably mounted therein a valve stem 2I2 having fixed at one end thereof a valve member 2I0 ar ranged to close the air passage 202, and at its other end a head 2I8. Aspring 2I1 disposed around the valve stem 2I2 between the head 2I8 thereof and the bushing 2II normally biases the member 2 I I against the inner face of the bushing. The valve stem M2 is provided with axially extending grooves 2", Fig. 25, for purposes to be 'hereinafter set forth.

A means is provided for automatically opening and closing valve 20I. Such means comprises a collar 220 arranged for cooperation with the head 2l0 of the valve stem 2I2, which is carried at one end of a shaft 22I secured to a lever 222, Figs. 18, 28 and 29, rotatably mounted on a stud 225 carried by the stationary arm I2. A latch member 220, one arm 221 of which is normally biased into engagement with the shaft 22I by a spring 228 is pivotally mounted on a stud 230 secured to the lever 222, the lever 222 being normally biased in a counterclockwise direction by a spring 28I disposed between a pin 202 on the arm I2 and a projection 220 of the lever, Figs. 29 and 81. The latch member 220 is provided with a second arm 224 for cooperation with a roller 231 mounted on a stud 220, Fig. 80, carried by a lever 240 fixed between a shoulder portion 2 (Fig. 45) of a stud 242, carried in the arm I1, and a nut and washer device 240.

A roller 24!, rotatably mounted on a second shouldered portion of the stud 242, cooperates with a straight face on the lower end of a lever 240 secured to a sleeve 241 carried on a stud 250 fixed to the stationary arm I2, Figs. 18 and 45.

The lever 244 is arranged to engage the finger I8I as shown in Fig. 19 when arm I16 has been swung back so as to press the nozzle element I82 into engagement with the labels 23, Fig. 26. The lever 246 is biased in a clockwise direction by a spring 25I (Fig. 33) disposed between an aperture in the lever and a pin 252 carried by the stationary bracket I5. The lever 246 is limited in its clockwise movement by engagement of a projection 253 of the lever, with the pin 252.

The label supply magazine I10, Figs. 5, '1 and 43 to 51, inclusive, comprises abed plate 255 having an upright portion 256 thereof secured to the stationary arm I2 by means of screws 251 and 258, Figs. and 43, the screw 251 extending through an arcuate slot 260 in the portion 256 by which the magazine I may be adjusted about the screw 258 to change the angular position of the label magazine relative to the table top I0. Side walls 26I and 262 are secured to angle members 265 as by screws 266 (Fig. 49), the angle members being adjustably secured to the bed plate, as by thumb screws 261, whereby the side walls may be adjusted transversely of bed plate 255 to compensate for the various sizes of labels. Slidably mounted in a slot 210 in the bed plate 255 are spacer elements 2H and 212 to which are secured as by bolts 215 and 216, re

spectively, a pusher plate 211, Fig. 50, for supporting the labels on edge for feeding the labels 23 on their one edges toward the front of the magazine I10. The spacer elements 21I and 212 are provided with heads 213 and 214, respectively, arranged to cooperate with the underside of the bed plate, whereby to maintain the pusher plate in slidable engagement with the upper surface of the bed plate in its movement to feed the labels toward the nozzle element I82 when the arm I1I is in the label receiving position.

Both ends of a cord 280 are secured to the head 214 of the spacer element 212 by the bolt 218, the head 214 having downwardly extending portions 218 for preventing displacement of the cord from beneath the head of the bolt, said cord extending from the spacer element 212 around pulleys 28I and 282. The pulley 282 is pivotally mounted on a stud 283, the stud also carrying a spacer element 285 which extends through a slot 286 (Fig. 44) in the bed plate 255, and through an adjusting bracket 281 to which it is secured as by a nut 290 (Fig. 48). The bracket 281 is pivotally mounted on a shouldered stud 29! carried in the plate 255. An adjusting screw 292 (Fig. 44) mounted in the upright portion 256 of the plate 255 cooperates with an extension 293 of the bracket 281, whereby the pulley 282 may be adjusted to take up the slack in the cord 280.

The pulley 28I has a ratchet portion 285 and is rotatably mounted on a stud 296 (Fig. 44) which also pivotally carries a pawl lever 291 (Fig. 46), one end of which carries a pawl 298 for cooperation with the teeth of the ratchet portion 295. The pawl 298 is pivotally mounted on a stud 300, carried by the pawl lever 281, and is biased toward the teeth of the ratchet portion .295, by a plate spring 30I one end of which engages a pin 302 carried by the pawl lever. A stud 303 carried by the plate 255 supports a detent member 305 which cooperates with the teeth of the ratchet portion 285 to prevent accidental reverse movement thereof. Cooperating with the stud 303, is a projection 306 of the pawl lever 291 for limiting the counterclockwise movement of the pawl lever, as viewed in Fig. 46, and a second projection 301 between which and the stud 303,

is disposed a spring 3I0 for biasing the projection 306 against the pin.

The pawl lever 241 is operated to turn the pulley 28I in clockwise movement, by a lever 3 (Figs. 18, 32, 43, 45 and 46) mounted on the sleeve 241 carried by the stud 250, to advance the pusher plate 211. With this arrangement the labels 23 are advanced so that the foremost label positively engages the nozzle element I82. The labels 23 are pressed against the side wall 26I by a baffle member 3I2 (Fig. 26) which is secured to the side wall 262 and which functions to facilitate the removal of the labels from the magazine. A hose 3I3 (Fig. 43) extends from the exhaust outlet of the pump I91 to a position over the forward end, of the label supply, at which end it is supported'by a bracket 3 I 5 which is secured to the pin 252, Fig. 34; the hose 3I3 directing a stream of air upon the foremost labels 23 flutters and consequently separates them to thereby facilitate removal of the uppermost label from the pp y.

Referring to Fig. 52', the electrical parts of the top and bottom heads 20 and 2| are diagrammatically shown as being connected to a source of electromotive force through a service circuit BIG, 2. master switch 3I1 and supply lines 3I8. Conductors 320 and 32I which are disposed in upper head 20, extend through the tube 22 and cable 322 (Figs. 1 and 14), which is partly in the arm I1, to a switch 323 in a switch box 325 of a control unit 326 in turn secured to the underside of the table top I0. The conductor 320 is connected to the service circuit 3I6 through a fuse 321 and the conductor 32I is connected to the service circuit 3I6 through the switch 323, a signal lamp 328, an adjustable rheostat 330 and a fuse 33I. Conductors 332 and 333 (disposed partly in a cable 335) extend from the lower die head 2I through the tube I2I to a switch 336 in the switch box 325, to the conductor 32I.

Conductors 340 and MI extend from the motor 16 to the service circuit 3I6. The conductor 340 is connected to the service circuit 3H5 through a switch 342, secured to the under side of the table top I0, and a fuse 343, and the conductor MI is connected through switches 345 and 346 and a fuse 341 to the service circuit 3I6. The switch 345 is carried by a movable plate 348 (Figs. 11 and 12), pivotally mounted on a shaft 350 carried in the fixed plate II5, the plate 348 having a stop portion 35I normally biased against the underside of the plate I I5 by a spring 352. The switch 345 is provided with a contact finger 353 for engagement with a button 355 and the underside of the plate II5, the switch being normally held open by a spring 356, diagrammatically shown in Fig. 52. With this arrangement, switch 342 having been closed, when the plate 348 is moved in a clockwise direction, Fig. 11, against the action of the spring 352 to disengage the stop portion 35I of the finger from the underside of the plate II5, the contact finger of the switch 345 will engage the underside of the plate I I5 and close the switch thereby starting the motor. Upon release of the plate 348 the spring again moves the stop portion 35I against the underside of the bracket, whereupon the switch is opened.

The switch 346, secured to a bracket 351 carried by the nut and bolt device II1, Figs. 14 and 36, is provided with a resilient finger 360 for engagement with a button 36I and is operated by the levers I45 and I46, Fig. 13. In Fig. 52, the cam I 35, which is representative of the group of cams I38 to I38, although indicated as being carried by the motor shaft is in actuality only operated thereby through the medium of intermediate linkage; whereas the lever I48, which is representative of the levers I48 and I 48, and although shown as being connected directly to the finger 388 cooperates therewith in the manner shown in Fig. 13. When the cam I38 is rotated by the motor 18 to move the low surface I44 from beneath the lever and to move the high surface therebeneath, the switch 348 is closed so that although the operator releases the plate 348, thereby opening the switch 348, the motor 18 will remain in operation until the low surface I44 is again moved to position beneath the lever I48. The air pump I81 is connected to the service circuit 3I6 by the conductor 348, the switch 342 and a conductor 382, the latter being connected to the service circuit by a fuse 383; said circuit functioning to maintain the pump I81 in operation while the switch 342 is closed.

To set the device into operation, the operator closes the main switch 3I1 from the supply lines M8 to the service circuit 3I6, the switches 323 and 338 to heat the upper and lower platens or shoes 36 and 81, respectively, and the switch 342 to start the air pump I31 and to energize the conductor 348 to the motor 16. The operator then operates the plate 348, (Figs. 2 and 3) which is placed convenient to his hand, to close the switch closing the circuit through the conductors 348 and 3 to start the motor 16 and the cam shaft 88 to bring the upper head 28 downwardly into contact with lower head 2I and to rotate the pawl I48 to turn one of the cam members I35 to I38 from the position in which the levers I48 and I48 are in engagement with a notch in a low cam surface I44 to the position in which the levers are in engagement with a notch in a high cam surface I43; the levers I48 and I46 consequently engaging the contact finger 388 of the switch 348 to close this switch, so that although the operator releases the plate 348 to open the switch 348, the switch 346 will maintain the motor circuit closed.

As the arm I1 is moved in a counterclockwise direction by the cam 68 to move the upper head 28 downwardly toward the lower head 21, the roller 231 (Fig. 18) engages the arm 238 of the latch member 228 to swing the lever 222 in a clockwise direction; the collar 228, carried by the lever, operating the valve stem 2I2.to press the valve member 2I8 into the air passage 282 thereby closing the suction line between the motor I81 and the nozzle member I82 on the arm I18. As the suction from the pump I81 is cut off, the outside air passes through the grooves H8 in the valve stem 2 I2, whereupon the label 23 will be released from the nozzle element I82 to drop upon the article or garment over the lower die head 2 I.

Upon continued downward movement of the arm I1 the roller I88 (Fig. 19), carried thereby; engages the lever I8I, carried by the bearing portion I12 (Fig. 20) of the arm I16, to turn the arm in a counterclockwise direction, and the roller 231 moves past the latch member 226, permitting the spring 23I to bias the lever 222 in a counterclockwise direction to release the valve stem 2I2 and the member 2I8 from the air passage 282 and to again apply suction to the nozzle element on the arm MI. The arm I1 continues to move downwardly until the roller I88 on the arm has reached the portion I94 of the lever I8I, at which time the arm I18 has been moved to its position shown in Fig. 9 in which the nozzle I82 is in register with the label magazine I18. Upon continued movement of the arm I1, the roller 248 (Fig. 19) engages the lever 248 which in turn engages the finger I8I (Fig. 26) of the arm I18, thereby pressing the nozzle element I82 into engagement with the labels 23 in the supply magazine. At the same time that the arm I18 presses the nozzle element I82 into engagement with the labels 23, the lever 3 (Figs,

and 46) actuates the pawl lever 281 to pawl the ratchet 298 and press the pusher plate 211 against the rearmost labels to advance the labels toward theinozzle element, thereby insuring that the foremost label will be engaged by the nozzle element. At this time the upper head 28 is also in position to vulcanize the label to the garment and is so held by the latching engagement of the extension I88 (Fig. 10) of the lever I4I with the shaft 18 on the arm I1.

With the arm I1 under .the control of one of the cam members I38 to I38, the upper die head 28 will be retained in vulcanizing position for a predetermined number of revolutions of the cam shaft 68, at which time the pawl I48 will have rotated the low surface I44 of the cam member into engagement with the levers I48 and I46, this action disengaging the shouldered portion I86 from the shaft 18 to permit the arm I1 to move upwardly and disengage the levers I48 and I46 from the plate 388 of the switch 348 to break the motor circuit and bring the motor 18 to a stop. However, after the switch 346 is opened and before the motor comes to a stop, the inertia of the motor turns the shaft 88 so as to position the low portion of the cam 88 opposite the cam follower 81, thereby permitting the spring 68 to raise the arm I1 to its starting position shown in Figs. 2 and 7. During this upward' movement of the arm I1, the roller 248 disengages the lever 246 permitting the spring I88 to withdraw the nozzle element I82 and the foremost label from the magazine, Fig. 27, whereupon the spring I82 biases the lever I8I in a clockwise direction, as controlled by the engagement of the upwardly moving roller I88 with the lever I81, to move the arm I18 and therefore the label downwardly into label releasing position. As the arm I1 continues to move upwardly, the roller 231 engages the arm 238 of the latch member 228, turning the latch member in a counterclockwise direction against the action of the spring 228, permitting the roller 231 to move past the latch member without effecting the operation of the valve 28I to release the label. After the arm I 1 has reached its raised or inoperative position the device remains idle until the operator again depresses the plate 348 to close the circuit to the motor.

Of course, the improvements specifically shown and described by which I obtain the above results, can be changed and modified in various ways without departing from the invention herein disclosed and hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

1. A machine of the character described having a magazine arranged to hold a stack of labels treated with heat softened adhesive, a heated platen, and means, including a pivotally mounted transfer head and a presser head, arranged to draw a label from said stack and to press it against an article on said heated platen to affix the label to the article.

2. A machine of the character described for permanently affixing labels to cloth which comi 

